Eugene Bainbridge papers
Collection
Identifier: L617
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers relating to Eugene Bainbridge's career in the Indiana Senate ranging from 1953 to 1975. Included are correspondence, legislation, reports, and other papers relating to issues before the Indiana Senate, including public employee' and teacher' retirement funds, the highway department, reapportionment, development of port facilities (1969), abortion, and education reform and school financing (1965-1971); papers relating to Lake County issues before the senate, including airport construction in the county; and election campaign material (1956-1972), including papers relating to his 1970 primary campaign for the U.S. Congress. Also included are business papers relating to the Bainbridge Supply Co. and Oil Dealers, Inc. (1960s); newspapers and scrapbooks relating to Indiana politics and Lake County.
Dates
- 1953-1975
Creator
- Bainbridge, Eugene, 1911-1972 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Eugene Bainbridge (1911-1972) served four terms as a Democratic Indiana state senator (1953-1961; 1965-1972) during which time he was also the secretary-treasurer of Oil Dealers, Inc. He served as director of the Indiana Department of Public Works between his two senate terms and was president of E.H. Bainbridge Supply Company during his second senate term.
Extent
11 Cubic Feet (10 cubic foot boxes; 1 medium oversize box; 1 small box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Mrs. Stella Bainbridge on 1976/11/30.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2002/11/30 by J.J. Dickens. EAD finding aid created 2016/01/27 by Patrick Ridout.
- Abortion -- Indiana
- Aeronautics
- Airports -- Indiana
- Apportionment (Election law) -- Indiana
- Business enterprises -- Indiana
- Businesspeople -- Indiana
- Civil service -- Indiana
- Civil service -- Retirement
- Correspondence
- Democratic Party (Ind.)
- E. H. Bainbridge Supply Company
- Education -- Finance
- Education -- Indiana
- Elections -- Indiana
- Harbors -- Indiana
- Indiana -- Officials and employees
- Indiana -- Politics and government
- Indiana -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Indiana. General Assembly. Senate
- Lake County (Ind.)
- Legislation -- Indiana
- Legislators -- Indiana
- Munster (Ind.)
- Newspapers
- Oil Dealers, Inc.
- Pensions -- Indiana
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Indiana
- Petroleum industry and trade -- United States
- Politicians
- Politics and government
- Roads
- Roads -- Indiana
- Scrapbooks
- Statutes and codes
- Teachers -- Pensions -- Indiana
- Transportation
- Transportation -- Indiana
Creator
- Bainbridge, Eugene, 1911-1972 (Person)
- Title
- Eugene Bainbridge papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
